- hscesq

I heard they were looking for a new pylon.

So, shop Komi, before you buy him out, he may get picked up by the Isles.
- bixll

They couldn't unload him before, so I doubt they can now.

Age aside, Joe Thornton would be a good target for the Leafs.

Pretty much everything this team needs at center, size, faceoff skill, elite playmaking. Him and Kessel....

I know you love Grabo but he is a ragdoll out there, I think they give him one more year, then a decision will be made.
- LeafMan

he lost a bunch of weight from the issues he was having, which hurt him.

love grabo or hate grabo, he had a bad half season, i dont think thats worth writting him off.

burke is the idiot who gave him 1-1.5 too much. i wouldnt count him out just yet, hes still our 2nd most productive player in the last 3 years.

Age aside, Joe Thornton would be a good target for the Leafs.

Pretty much everything this team needs at center, size, faceoff skill, elite playmaking. Him and Kessel....
- Feeling Glucky?

Love this idea. Not so optimistic it could actually happen though. hopefully sharks get swept

imagine you could let bozak walk and grabo gets shipped out for next to nothing (sorry dion).

and get joe... essentially you'd be paying less and then down the middle you'd have Jumbo Joe, Kadri, Mcclement, Jumbo Joe the second (colborne)

Age aside, Joe Thornton would be a good target for the Leafs.

Pretty much everything this team needs at center, size, faceoff skill, elite playmaking. Him and Kessel....
- Feeling Glucky?

Elite players from Ontario do not sign with the Leafs, never have, never will. They have no guts to sign here but keep wishing, just maybe...

Love this idea. Not so optimistic it could actually happen though. hopefully sharks get swept
- dragus84

Given his age though... Hard to think of a trade worth it from a Leafs POV at this point in time.




JVR, Colborne, Kulemin for Duchene.

Git'r done.

Given his age though... Hard to think of a trade worth it from a Leafs POV at this point in time.




JVR, Colborne, Kulemin for Duchene.

Git'r done.
- Feeling Glucky?

So glad that you are not teh GM of the Leafs.

Elite players from Ontario do not sign with the Leafs, never have, never will. They have no guts to sign here but keep wishing, just maybe...
- LeafMan

truth is Lou, if randy is going to use him as a third line center and play him as he did during teh regular season, we 100% should trade him, buy out, whatever.

if he plans to actually play the guy in a role that is for his style, then yeah, keep him, if not, do what needs to be done to improve the team.

i still think bozak will command 4.5 - and i think hes worse than grabo overall.

bruce where are u - i have a new avatar i wanted u to see as i load it up LOL

truth is Lou, if randy is going to use him as a third line center and play him as he did during teh regular season, we 100% should trade him, buy out, whatever.

if he plans to actually play the guy in a role that is for his style, then yeah, keep him, if not, do what needs to be done to improve the team.

i still think bozak will command 4.5 - and i think hes worse than grabo overall.
- big_dion

The only thing I question here is Grabo's style doesn't seem to gel with kessel. (with no stats to back it up, just from what i see while they play on seperate lines)

Not saying Bozak is the answer to our problems but Grabo's flying over the line and turning the puck over doesn't seem to suit Kessel so well.

edit: if the plan is to put kadri on the first line and use grabo on the 2nd then maybe that's a different story. Also if you could guarantee he returns to pre-large contract form then its obviously different as well

So glad that you are not teh GM of the Leafs.
- bixll

FORWARDS
Nathan Horton ($6.000m) / Matt Duchene ($3.500m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($3.000m) / David Clarkson ($4.000m)
Matt Frattin ($0.925m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($5.500m) / Leo Komarov ($0.803m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($1.083m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.696m) / Andrew Crescenzi ($0.578m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Douglas Murray ($3.500m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Carl Gunnarsson ($2.500m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Mark Fraser ($0.660m) /
GOALTENDERS
James Reimer ($1.800m)
Ben Scrivens ($0.613m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Buyout: Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,298,444; BONUSES: $512,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $514,056

FORWARDS
Nathan Horton ($6.000m) / Matt Duchene ($3.500m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($3.000m) / David Clarkson ($4.000m)
Matt Frattin ($0.925m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($5.500m) / Leo Komarov ($0.803m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($1.083m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.696m) / Andrew Crescenzi ($0.578m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Douglas Murray ($3.500m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Carl Gunnarsson ($2.500m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Mark Fraser ($0.660m) /
GOALTENDERS
James Reimer ($1.800m)
Ben Scrivens ($0.613m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Buyout: Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,298,444; BONUSES: $512,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $514,056
- Feeling Glucky?

You're giving me a headache Glucky.

FORWARDS
Nathan Horton ($6.000m) / Matt Duchene ($3.500m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($3.000m) / David Clarkson ($4.000m)
Matt Frattin ($0.925m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($5.500m) / Leo Komarov ($0.803m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($1.083m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.696m) / Andrew Crescenzi ($0.578m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Douglas Murray ($3.500m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Carl Gunnarsson ($2.500m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Mark Fraser ($0.660m) /
GOALTENDERS
James Reimer ($1.800m)
Ben Scrivens ($0.613m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Buyout: Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,298,444; BONUSES: $512,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $514,056
- Feeling Glucky?

Horton has not played a year in the past 3 to earn 6 milly per.

GM 101 man.

hahah seriously though, I don't think there's a ton of moves to be made.

While I have a few questions about Reimer, without a doubt he's earned his spot as the number 1 at least for the foreseeable future. Maybe he needs one of those two seamed gloves Weekes was talking about last night.

The core is where we want it to be with good young talent. Perhaps a nice veteran depth forward would go a long way.

I would love a legitimate number 1 power center. But I don't think the answer is to overspend or sell the future for it. If we had to move forward for the time being with some combination of Kadri, Bozie/Grabo, Colbourne, Mcclement. I could live with it, but we could use another top 6 forward.

I think the biggest immediate need is a solid top pairing shut down D to play with Dion and take some pressure off of him. And to switch from Phaneuf Qb'ing the powerplay to Gardiner or just anyone who can skate and shows some urgency on the PP.
- dragus84

santa better stock up on those.. on a lot of wish lists i am afraid

So i see 4 pressing needs:

Number one Centre, Top 4 D-man, Big/skilled/tough 3rd line forward, bottom 6 faceoffman/penelty killer. These positions will replace Liles, MacArthur, Mclaren and Bozak.

Fill in the blanks ladies and gents and see what we can come up with here.

santa better stock up on those.. on a lot of wish lists i am afraid
- Dozzer

Seriously, can you name the top centers in the league that we are looking for.

FORWARDS
Nathan Horton ($6.000m) / Matt Duchene ($3.500m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($3.000m) / David Clarkson ($4.000m)
Matt Frattin ($0.925m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($5.500m) / Leo Komarov ($0.803m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($1.083m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.696m) / Andrew Crescenzi ($0.578m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Douglas Murray ($3.500m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Carl Gunnarsson ($2.500m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Mark Fraser ($0.660m) /
GOALTENDERS
James Reimer ($1.800m)
Ben Scrivens ($0.613m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Buyout: Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,298,444; BONUSES: $512,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $514,056
- Feeling Glucky?

I believe Colborne, D'Amigo and Ashton will get a chance with the big club next season.

Cup?
- Feeling Glucky?

Yup... like Tomas Kaberle was the catalyst and driving force for that.

You sound like mr. peanut with his "Eric Brewer is the reason Canada won gold in 2002" theory.

bruce where are u - i have a new avatar i wanted u to see as i load it up LOL
- big_dion

here!

here!
- Dozzer

lol jokes!! i saw this pic and i knew it had to be hahaha

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle and GM Dave Nonis are holding the team's end-of-season news conference Thursday at 11:30am et/8:30am pt. You can watch it LIVE on TSN.ca.

lol jokes!! i saw this pic and i knew it had to be hahaha
- big_dion

(frank).. i was hammed that new years

I'm gonna be honest here... I don't think this team needs insane changes. They didn't lose because of a lack of skill, they lost because lack of experience and killer instinct. Things they may have acquired from this series. They saw what it takes to win.

I say Kick the tires on these FA

Elias
Streit
Clowe
Scuderi
Clarkson
Ference
Torres
Gordon